Interview with Kerry David, Blockbuster Film Producer, Director & Writer

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Kerry David

Today I am joined by Kerry David, a producer/director and writer. She began her career at Paramount Pictures and she was the executive assistant to Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman during films such as Mission Impossible 2, Without Limits, Portrait of a Lady, Peacemaker, Practical Magic, The Blue Room, and Eyes Wide Shut.

Kerry started her own production company and co-produced the award-winning DVD Deposing the Usual Suspects, followed by Agent Cody Banks and Agent Cody Banks 2: Destination London. She also produced Perfect Romance for Lifetime Television, as well as the critically acclaimed feature documentary My Date with Drew. “Drew” won multiple awards globally, including the Audience Award for Best Feature at the HBO Comedy Arts Festival, Best Feature at the NY Gen Art Film Festival, and the Audience Award at The Locarno International Film Festival.

Kerry’s next feature was adapted from the New York Times bestseller Like Dandelion Dust by Karen Kingsbury. It won more than 35 film festival accolades.

She produced her fourth documentary, Making Miles – The Miles Davis Story, for HBO directed by Oscar-nominated screenwriter Christopher Wilkinson.

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